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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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This page reports the specimens in the MUSSELpdb and provides a map if geocodes are known. The taxonomic history reports the record of different names and combinations that have been applied to this species (and its synonyms) since 2007.

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species Prisodon syrmatophorus (Gmelin, 1791): specimens
14 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Prisodon (Paxyodon) syrmatophorus — Graf & Cummings (2007)
Paxyodon syrmatophorus — Lasso et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), Santos-Neto et al. (2016), Santos-Neto et al. (2018), Mansur et al. (2020)
Prisodon syrmatophorus — IUCN (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Paxyodon syrmathophorus — Pereira et al. (2014)
Prisodon syrmatophorous — IUCN (2014)
Prisodon alatus — Soliman et al. (2016)

Range: Northeastern South America, from the Orinoco and Guyana to the lower Amazon.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map

Bolivia
AMNH_120676 Rio Itenez (=Guaporé), Beni, 4 km above Costa Marques, Brazil, Bolivia
Brazil
FMNH_2590 Amazon River	FMNH_29161 Rio Sao Manoel, Barra de Sao Manoel, Pará, Brazil	FMNH_29162 Lago de Tambaqui, Barra de Sao Manoel, Pará, Brazil
FMNH_30426 lower Rio Tapajós, Lago Timbo, Pará, Brazil	FMNH_30427 Rio Tapajós, Belterra, Pará, Brazil	FMNH_30428 Lago do Trocoa, near Lago Salgado, near Obidos, Pará, Brazil
FMNH_30429 Rio Cumina, near Obidos, Pará, Brazil	FMNH_30430 Lago do Trocoa, near Lago Salgado, near Obidos, Pará, Brazil	FMNH_30431 Rio Tapajós, Pindobal, Pará, Brazil
FMNH_126608 Rio Araguaia, Barra do Tapirape, Mato Grosso, Brazil; 10°50’S, 50°40’	AMS_126889 Amazon River	INHS_78877 off right bank, point between campsite 5 and Porto do Moz
INHS_79210 left bank ca. 5 km upstream from confluence with rio Xingu	AMNH_146456 Rio Tocantins, Brazil	INHS_79214 mouth bay and confluence with rio Xingu
AMNH_50937 Brazil	AMNH_31294 Amazon River	INHS_78886 off right bank ca. 17 km north-northwest (downstream) of Senador José Porfírio
INHS_78863 off right bank ca. 55 km south-southeast of Porto do Moz	UMMZ_184032 Amazon River	AMNH_30844 Amazon River
INHS_78845 shore along left bank at confluence with rio Xingu	USNM_83883 Amazon R., S. Am.	MCZ_MP.91 Amazon River, Brazil
MCZ_MP.93 Amazon River, South America	MCZ_MP.94 Rio Tapajós, Aramanahi, just above Belterra, Pará, Brazil	DMNH_173125 Brazil
DMNH_186554 Amazon River, Brazil	DMNH_173097 Amazon River, Brazil	DMNH_173096 Rio Jamauchim, Brazil
DMNH_173090 Brazil	ANSP_41788 Brazil	AMS_126890 Brazil
BMNH_MP_129 Amazon ?	BMNH_MP_126 Brazil	BMNH_MP_127 Amazon River
BMNH_MP_128 Brazil	ANSP_41870 Santarem, Amazon River	ANSP_41871 Brazil
BMNH_MP_435 Brazil	SMF_11757 Brasilien	SMF_36729 Rio Tocantins, Amazonas, Geb., b. Cameta, Staat Pará, Bras.
SMF_11758 Brasilien	SMF_11756 Rio Araguaya bei Goyaz, Brasilien	AMNH_88274 Brazil
SMF_182137 Brasilien	SMF_283463 Rio Tocantins, Baiao	SMF_11755 Rio Araguaya, bei Goyaz, Ilha do Bananal, Bras.
SMF_11761 Rio Tapajós, Santarem, Pará, Brazil	UMMZ_4388 Largo Grande, Brazil	AMNH_61962 Brazil
UF_93178 Brazil	UMMZ_62226 Rio Tapajós, Santarem, Pará, Brazil	UMMZ_110931 Amazon River, South America
UMMZ_110932 Rio Jamachim, Brazil	UMMZ_110933 Brazil	UMMZ_65581 Rio Tocantins, Cameta, Pará, Brazil
UMMZ_110935 Amazon River, Brazil	UMMZ_110936 Rio Tocantins, Brazil	UMMZ_110937 Rio Tapajós, Santarem, Pará, Brazil
UMMZ_110940 Rio Tapajós, Santarem, Pará, Brazil	CM_61.2494 River Amazon	INHS_45931 Rio Xingu, ~7 km N Senador José Porfîrio, Pará, Brazil
CM_61.5109 Rio Tapajós, Santarem, Prov. Pará, Brazil	INHS_83152 Rio Tapajós, 2.8 km downriver of Villa Simoes, 2.8 km upriver of Vila Goreth, 5.6 km upriver of rio Arapiuns, Pará, Brazil	MNHN_MP_0789 Rio Tapajós, Santarem, Pará, Brazil
MCZ_186365 Rio Tocantins, Cameta, Est. Pará, Brazil	INHS_78831 beach on right bank ca. 60 km north of Vitória do Xingu	INHS_81417 Rio Tapajós, 6.5 km downstream Vila Goreth, 14.8 km Alter do Chao, Para, Brazil
INHS_85708 Rio Tapajós, 2.8 km downriver of Villa Simoes, 2.8 km upriver of Vila Goreth, 5.6 km upriver of rio Arapiuns, Pará, Brazil	MNHN_MP_1542 Bresil	ANSP_125545 Amazon River
INHS_79197 beach on right bank, campsite 5 and vicinity, ca. 3.5 km southeast of Porto do Moz	CM_61.9272 Amazon River	USNM_853888 Amazon, Para City, Brazil
USNM_653460 Brazilian Consulate, Chicago, 1943	USNM_120133 Amazon R.	MCZ_297393 Rio Maica Faz, Taparinha, Santarem, Pará, Brazil
USNM_83881 Amazon	USNM_83882 Amazon	USNM_83880 Pará City, Brazil
USNM_36095 Amazon	MCZ_30644 Amazon River, Brazil	MCZ_47052 Rio Tapajós, Santarem, Pará, Brazil
BMNH_MP_044 Rio Tapajós, Santarem, Pará, Brazil	INHS_79231 main channel off right bank campsite 5, ca. 3.5-4 km south-southeast of Porto do Moz	MCZ_6622 Brazil
MCZ_6623 Brazil	ANSP_133819 bought in the market at Pará, Brazil	MCZ_78431 bought in the market at Pará, Brazil
ANSP_281311 Rio Curua, near Santarem, on Amazon, below Manaus, Brazil	ANSP_167895 Rio Tapajós, Santarem, Pará, Brazil	MCZ_89497 Rio Tapajós, Santarem, Pará, Brazil
INHS_79221 at mouth of rio Jarauçu (Aquiqui)	ANSP_194573 Rio Tocantins, Trocara, Pará, Brazil	ANSP_219176 Brazilian Consulate, Chicago, 1943
INHS_78840 off right bank ca. 6 km north-northwest of Vitória do Xingu	USNM_83883A Amazon R., S. Am.	MNHN_MP_0647 Brasil
ZMB_36001 Rio Tocantins	MNHN_MP_0644 Brazil	ZMB_40674-01 Bakairi, Kamayura
FMNH_29167 Rio Tapajós, Santarem, Corôa de Areia, Pará, Brazil	FMNH_29168 Rio Tapajós, Pindobal, Pará, Brazil	FMNH_21815 Rio Tocantins, Brazil
AMNH_31272 Rio Solimoes, Brazil	AMNH_31270 Amazon River	FMNH_49174 Lago de Xixia (Chichia), Municipio de Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil
FMNH_30458 Rio Tapajós, Santarem, off Mapiri Bay, Pará, Brazil	FMNH_49175 Rio Arapiuns, below Ponta Icuxi, Pará, Brazil	FMNH_29166 Rio Tapajós, Belterra, Pará, Brazil
AMNH_30842 Amazon River	FMNH_29165 Rio Tapajós, Santarem, Pará, Brazil	FMNH_115946 Rio Tapajós, Santarem, Pará, Brazil
FMNH_29164 Rio Tapajós, Santarem, Pará, Brazil	FMNH_29163 Rio Tapajós, Santarem, off Mapiri Bay, Pará, Brazil	FMNH_43782 Xingu Alto, Jacare, Mato Grosso, Brazil
FMNH_30459 Rio Tapajós, Pindobal, Pará, Brazil	AMNH_146455 Rio Sao Francisco, Bahia, Brazil	AMNH_146547 Rio Tocantins, Bahai [Bahia ?] Brazil
FMNH_30457 Lago do Trocoa, near Lago Salgado, near Obidos, Pará, Brazil	FMNH_216437 Rio Tocantins, Baiao, Brazil	FMNH_19417 Brazil
COMA_B.1054 RMNH_327159 Brasile INPA_1571 Brazil: Amapá: (Amazon): rio Amazonas: prox. Forte Macapá 00° 1' 35" N, 51° 03' 05" W: 0.02638 -51.05140 INPA_1572 Brazil: Amapá: (Amazon): rio Amazonas: prox. Forte Macapá 00° 1' 47" N, 51° 2' 53'' W: 0.02972, -51.04806 PUCRS_MCP_6150 Brazil: Pará: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Praia do Rio Tapajós INPA_943 Brazil: Pará: (Amazon - Trombetas): rio Trombetas: à jusante do porto Trombetas: -1.45950 -56.38131 INPA_872 Brazil: Pará: (Amazon - Trombetas): rio Trombetas: à montante do porto Trombetas: -1.45950 -56.38131 PUCRS_MCP_8531 Brazil: Pará: Afuá: (Amazon): Ilha do Chagas, afluente da Ilha do Pará: -1.99813 -54.93062 INPA_1408 Brazil: Pará: Barcarena: (Tocantins): rio Pará: baiá de Marajó: -1.50583 -48.6258 INPA_981 Brazil: Pará: Cametá: (Tocantins): rio Tocantins INPA_1579 Brazil: Pará: Cametá: (Tocantins): rio Tocantins: vila do Carmo PUCRS_MCP_8351 Brazil: Pará: Ilha Grande: (Tocantins): Rio Tocantins: Vila do Carmo: -2.45094 -49.44318 PUCRS_MCP_8357 Brazil: Pará: Ilha Grande: (Tocantins): Rio Tocantins: Vila do Carmo: -2.45094 -49.44318 PUCRS_MCP_8527 Brazil: Pará: Ilha Grande: (Tocantins): Rio Tocantins: Vila do Carmo: -2.45094 -49.44318 INPA_219 Brazil: Pará: Itupiranga: (Tocantins): rio Tocantins PUCRS_MCP_8355 Brazil: Pará: Santana do Araguaia: (Tocantins - Araguaia): Lagoa da Mata: Rio Araguaia INPA_1333 Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, enseada em frente a um lago: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1347 Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, enseada em frente à praia do lago Preto, jusante da Ponta de Pedras: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1355 Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, enseada em frente à praia em frente ao lago mais próximo da comunidade: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1352 Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, enseada próxima a um pontal: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1353 Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, margem da Ponta do Cururu até as barracas próximas da praça de Alter: -2.50454 -54.96061 PUCRS_MCP_8515 Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, margem direita do rio Rio Tapajós: -2.50454 -54.96061 PUCRS_MCP_8516 Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, margem direita do rio Rio Tapajós: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_496 Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, margem próxima ao Tapajós: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1158 Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, praia Ponta do Cururu até barracas próximas à praça (aprox. 2 Km de caminhada), ponto 10: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1330 Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, praia a montante da comunidade: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1351 Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, praia da Ponta do Cururu: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1177 Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, praia em frente a um igarapé próximo à Ponta de Pedra: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1181 Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, praia em frente a um lago, ponto 4: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1188 Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, praia em frente a um lago, ponto 8: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1163 Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, praia em frente ao lago Itapari, ponto 10: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1186 Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, praia em frente ao lago Muretá, ponto 7: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1149 Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, praia em frente ao lago Piranha: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1160 Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, praia em frente ao lago do Jacaré, ponto 2: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1169 Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, praia em frente à praça caminhando aprox. 1,5Km em direção à praia Ponta do Cururu, ponto 1: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1339 Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, praia entre lago próx. da comunidade e pontal: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1341 Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, praia entre lago próx. da comunidade e pontal: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1182 Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, praia próxima ao lago Jacundá, ponto 4: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1187 Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, praia próxima ao lago Muretá, ponto 9: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1162 Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão, praia à frente e esquerda do lago Jacundá, ponto 5: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1432 Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_225 Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_493 Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_974 Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_988 Brazil: Pará: Santarém: (Amazon - Tapajós): rio Tapajós: Alter do Chão: -2.50454 -54.96061 INPA_1358 Brazil: Tocantins: Caseara: (Tocantins - Araguaia): rio Araguaia: -9.23073 -49.96436 RMNH_327157 Para, Brasile FMNH_112109b Rio Tapirape, trib. to Rio Araguaia, Mato Grosso, Brazil
French Guiana
IRSNB_MP_0944 Cayenne
Guyana
AMS_1732 British Guiana	SMF_11760 Guyana	IRSNB_MP_0937 British Guiana
BMNH_MP_171 Semuni Creek, [Simoni River], Rupununi River Dr., Station 665, British Guiana	MNHN_MP_0799 British Guyana	USNM_339717 British Guiana
ZMB_MP_0222 Guiana	MNHN_MP_0788 Guyane	ZMB_MP_0227 Guyana
AMNH_31271 Guiana
Peru
MNHN_MP_0648 Perou
Venezuela
SMF_319657 Pemones Indian Reserve Territory (Orinoco Dr.) Venezuela	ANSP_125546 Orinoco River	UCM_36458 Lake Tineo, 15 km E Soledad, on floodplain of the Orinoco River, Anzoategui, Venezuela
UCM_36453 Lake Fundacion, 20 km E Soledad, on floodplain of the Orinoco River, Anzoategui, Venezuela	UCM_36454 Lake Tineo, 15 km E Soledad, on floodplain of the Orinoco River, Anzoategui, Venezuela	MNHN_MP_0656 Orenoque
unknown
FMNH_142704 South America	MCZ_MP.92 [no locality available - South America]	DMNH_149926 lower Amazon River, Brazil
BMNH_MP_130 [no locality available - South America]	AMNH_31274 South America	SMF_11759 [no locality available - South America]
AMNH_31273 [no locality available - South America]	ANSP_45723 [no locality available - South America]	BMNH_MP_150 [no locality available - South America]
CM_61.1525 ?, South America	MNHN_MP_0800 Uruguay [no]	USNM_853812 [no locality available - South America]
BMNH_1851-11-3-373 [no locality available - South America]	ZMB_MP_0226 [no locality available - South America]	ZMB_7479 [no locality available - South America]
ZMB_7480 [no locality available - South America]	MNHN_MP_0781 [no locality available - South America]

Genbank Vouchers

Mp_3739_Psyr_7 (COI, 16S, ITS1, 18S)

Mp_3739_Psyr_9 (COI, 16S, ITS1, 18S)

Mp_3739_Psyr_3 (COI, 16S, ITS1, 18S)

Mp_3739_Psyr_5 (COI, 16S, ITS1, 18S)

Mp_3739_Psyr_1 (COI, ITS1, 18S)

Mp_3739_Psyr_2 (COI, 16S)

Mp_3739_Psyr_4 (COI, 16S)

Mp_3739_Psyr_6 (COI)

Mp_3739_Psyr_8 (COI)

Page updated: 08:01:15 Thu 15 May 2025

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